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Spirituality of Our Times
In the light
of Vatican Council II,
Christians today are discovering with full clarity
their vocation towards sanctity, the apostolate and
service.
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In the
sanctity of the Church, the Lord invites all the
baptized to be saints. This is achieved by
approaching, each one in his own state of life, the
plenitude of Christian life and the perfection of
charity, as the Spirit teaches through
Saint Paul, "Because this is the will of God: your
sanctification" (1Thes 4, 3).
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The dynamism
of Baptism, which through reconciliation with the
Lord Jesus prepares the faithful to share in the
divine nature (cfr. 2Pe 1, 4), destines them also,
in accord with each one's own condition and
occupation, to the apostolate, that is to announce
the Gospel of the Lord to all and to work to edify
themselves in the evangelical spirit through the
structures of human life and culture.
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The Plan of
God is manifest in the very person of the Lord
Jesus, Servant of God, and in the life and mission
of Mary, "the servant of the Lord" (Lk 1, 38). The
dimension of service to God and men should
characterize the existence of all who aspire to full
identification with the Lord Jesus, by identifying
the uplifting humility of Christian life with the
imprint of service- of the faith and from the faith.
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